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What's one thing SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362721004788
SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
100 LORALEE DR, ALBANY, NY 12205 · (518) 456-2608 · Albany County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
129 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
351
-39 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.9:1
% White
64%
was 70%
% Hispanic
7%
was 7%
% Black
8%
was 6%
% Asian
15%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a cozy elementary-level community in ALBANY, New York, part of SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 351 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.
Within SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 5,040 students, SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 15% Asian, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.5%, the actual is 66.9%, a residual of +5.4 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Albany County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,333 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in Albany County (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students).
ALBANY-SCHOHARIE-SCHENECTADY-SARATOGA BOCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 59.6%.
SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 10%, going from 390 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 70% to 64% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Albany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,018
Census ACS
Median income
$85,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
39,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,640 students
- SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 640 students
- VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 503 students
- ROESSLEVILLE SCHOOLElementary · 368 students
- SHAKER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 354 students
Other schools in ALBANY
- ALBANY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,937 students
- COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,640 students
- SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 840 students
- KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 688 students
- LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 640 students
Nearby schools
- ALBANY-SCHOHARIE-SCHENECTADY-SARATOGA BOCES0.9 mi · 294
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 311
- LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 640
- VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 503
- COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,640
- ROESSLEVILLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 351 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 7% Hispanic, 8% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.